Psychiatric reports produced since his arrest stated that despite having a personality disorder Lyburd does not suffer from “acute mental illness” and never has, although one found he had schizoid traits, the judge said.

Judge Sloan told Lyburd: “Your personality disorders have no way impaired your ability to know what you were doing.”

Police were alerted to the planned crime in November 2014 by a Facebook friend who was concerned about online posts in which Lyburd talked about launching a murderous attack.

When officers searched his room they found a Glock handgun, CS canisters, pipe bombs and a “kill bag” containing globes, boots, overalls and a gas mask.

I'm assuming they'll refer to Liam Lyburd as an English born and bred, Christian fundamentalist?
No? Thought not!

The teenager bought his weapons and bomb materials on the dark web using the username “DonaldTrump.”

He used various aliases in his online life, including the name Felix Burns, and published a Facebook post showing admiration for Jaylen Fryberg – the US teenager who shot five students, four fatally, at a high school in Washington state.

Detective Superintendent George Duff, who led the investigation into Lyburd, said outside the court the defendant is a “dangerous man.”

“Lyburd is a dangerous man who intended to cause serious harm,” he said.

“He at no point has shown any remorse for what he intended to do. By not admitting his wrongdoing in the first instance shows the utter lack of consideration for those he intended to harm. Thankfully the courts and the jury came to the best decision and today Lyburd is behind bars where he belongs.

“His actions not only caused threats to certain people but it also caused concern and disruption to the local community and I would like to thank them for their cooperation throughout the investigation. Community vigilance plays an important role in policing our communities and we encourage anyone with concerns to contact police straight away,” he added.